From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 31 20:04:09 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA15980 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 20:04:09 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA15873 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 1995 20:03:19 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id OAA05580; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:33:49 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199511010403.OAA05580@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: AppleTalk for FreeBSD? To: vince@apollo.COSC.GOV (-Vince-) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:33:48 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, girgen@e.kth.se, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "-Vince-" at Oct 31, 95 07:55:09 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 876 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -Vince- stands accused of saying: > > You could use a Multigate 8) Seriously, no. You need something with smarts > > in it to do the work. > > Yes, but the smarts is already in the Cisco router since that has > appletalk support built into the software but the interface is the problem. No, you're still not listening. The _media_ protocols (Localtalk vs Ethernet) are the problem. These _must_ be converted, and this requires smarts. > -Vince- vince@COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[